An Overview Effect Painting

The overview effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from outer space. It is the experience of seeing first-hand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, "hanging in the void", shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. History: The term and concept were coined in 1987 by Frank White, who explored the theme in his book The Overview Effect — Space Exploration and Human Evolution (Houghton-Mifflin, 1987; AIAA, 1998). In August 2020, anthropologist Deana L. Weibel introduced the parallel term ultraview effect, a subjective response of intense awe some astronauts have experienced viewing large "starfields" while in space, and discussed the impact of the overview effect and the ultraview effect on astronauts' religious beliefs. Accounts: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, astronauts Michael Collins, Rusty Schweikart, Edgar Mitchell, James Irwin, Tom Jones, Ron Garan, Scott Kelly, Mike Massimino, André Kuipers, Chris Hadfield, Sally Ride, Anne McClain, and space tourist William Shatner are all reported to have experienced the effect. "The thing that really surprised me was that it [Earth] projected an air of fragility. And why, I don't know. I don't know to this day. I had a feeling it's tiny, it's shiny, it's beautiful, it's home, and it's fragile." — Michael Collins, Apollo 11 "Everybody in the world needs to do this. Everybody in the world needs to see. It was unbelievable. Unbelievable. I mean, the little things, the weightlessness. But to see the blue color go whip by, and now you're staring into blackness. That's the thing. The covering of blue is this sheet, this blanket, this comforter of blue that we have around. We think, "Oh, that’s just blue sky." And there's something you shoot through, and all of a sudden, as though you whip a sheet off you when you’re asleep, and you're looking into blackness, into black ugliness. And you look down. There's the blue down there and the black up there. And there is mother Earth and comfort. And up there... Is that death? I don't know." — William Shatner, New Shepard 18 Reproducing the Effect: In 2018, the Spacebuzz project was created so "children around the world can also get to experience the Overview Effect." It was announced in a press release on December 20 by astronaut André Kuipers on the European Space Agency's (ESA) website. Spacebuzz aims to give children an overview effect like experience using virtual reality (VR) in order to have the same insight astronauts have when seeing planet Earth from space. Spacebuzz is a project started by the Overview Effect Foundation backed by ESA and the Netherlands Space Office. In late 2019, it was reported that researchers at the University of Missouri aimed to reproduce the experience, with an isolation tank, half a tonne of Epsom salts, and a waterproof VR headset. Source: Wikipedia Tony Stark: You know, if it wasn't for the existential terror of staring into the literal void of space, I'd say I'm feeling a little better today.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:80 W x 40 H x 1.5 D in

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